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Chapter 921: Chapter 924: Save it to Feed the Pigs
When alive, if one does not live freely, at the end of life, there will surely be many regrets.
This was something she did not want to see.
Tan Zhenghong gently stroked Duo’er’s belly, and his restless heart gradually calmed down.
Only when with a deeply loved one does one feel this way.
In the master bedroom, there were also two people snuggled up against each other, warmth flowing between them.
For those in love, being together is enough.
The next day at noon, Lord Li arrived with four carts of supplies, two filled with grain and two with medicinal herbs.
Qin Longyun’s lips couldn’t help but twitch. With over forty thousand people in White Stone County, nearly three thousand had died, and more than four thousand were infected, making it a disaster zone. Where would these few supplies even make a difference?
He had already anticipated that Li Zhengtian wouldn’t make things easy for him, but he never expected him to be so brazen, not even bothering to put on a pretense.
"Lord Li, the epidemic in White Stone Town is severe, I wonder if you could provide more medicinal herbs?"
Qin Longyun tried his best to control his anger because offending Li Zhengtian now would only harm the people of White Stone County.
"Your negligence led to the outbreak of the epidemic in several counties. Medicines and silver coins in Mansion City are extremely scarce. It wasn’t easy to allocate this much," Li Zhengtian glanced at Qin Longyun.
The sources of the epidemic had already been traced by those above, pointing to Clear Water Village under Qin Longyun’s jurisdiction.
If he had discovered it earlier and curbed the epidemic in Clear Water Village, would they be facing such a widespread disaster now?
Therefore, Qin Longyun was the least qualified person to blame him.
That was precisely why he dared to make things so difficult for him so openly.
Qin Longyun took a deep breath, "The priority now is to cure the epidemic. Once this is over, I will seek punishment from the higher ups."
"You are truly a good official who serves the country and the people. But remember, you must follow through. Besides, you’re the County Magistrate of White Stone Town. You know the situation better than I do and should take great care," Li Zhengtian said with a smile that did not reach his eyes. 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙥𝙪𝙗.𝒄𝙤𝙢
"That is my duty. I just hope you can ensure a steady supply of medicinal herbs."
Qin Longyun had never considered abandoning the people to someone else.
He didn’t trust Li Zhengtian to take over, but this meant he would be letting his wife down.
Luckily, a lifetime is long, and he planned to use the remaining time to make it up to her.
"Give me your list of medicines later. But right now, Ning Tian Mansion is almost in chaos, so I can’t guarantee anything," Li Zhengtian said with a troubled expression.
"I have the list right here."
He always kept the prescription with him and could produce it at a moment’s notice.
But no sooner had he taken it out than Li Zhengtian had already walked away briskly.
Qin Longyun wanted to call him back, but Jia Wenjing blocked him, "Just give it to me. Don’t disturb Lord Li all the time. He has been traveling day and night and finally arrived here with great difficulty. You should be considerate of him. If you wear out Lord Li, who will find you medicines?"
Jia Wenjing was Li Zhengtian’s Master and equally objectionable.
Qin Longyun gritted his teeth, but with the power in Li Zhengtian’s hands, he could only swallow his anger.
However, he believed that evil would never prevail over good, and Li Zhengtian wouldn’t continue to act so arrogantly forever.
And Prince Liang, who indulged Li Zhengtian’s recklessness, would also get his comeuppance.
"My lord, these two carts are full of bran. Is it suitable for the disaster victims to eat?" a guard inquired.
Only when there was truly no grain at home would people resort to eating bran to fill their bellies.
This year, although the epidemic was severe, the grain harvest was still promising, so there should be no need to make do with this.
"Keep it for feeding pigs," Qin Longyun said without hesitation.
